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Only independent evidence moves it.","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W4312443924","title":"A ConvNet for the 2020s","authors":["Zhuang Liu","Hanzi Mao","Chao-Yuan Wu","Christoph Feichtenhofer","Trevor J. 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